Case: 18-60850 Document: 00515320316 Page: 1 Date Filed: 02/24/2020 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED No. 18-60850 February 24, 2020 Summary Calendar Lyle W. Cayce Clerk OSCAR ZARRE-MENDOZA, Petitioner v. WILLIAM P. BARR, U. S. ATTORNEY GENERAL, Respondent Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals BIA No. A072 810 778 Before CLEMENT, ELROD, and OLDHAM, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: * Oscar Zarre-Mendoza, also known as Oscar Sarres Mendoza, is a native and citizen of Honduras. He first entered the United States without authorization in August of 1993. He was ordered deported in absentia in 1994. After his initial deportation in 1997, he illegally reentered the United States several times and was deported several times. He also committed several Texas crimes, including an aggravated robbery for which he was sentenced to * Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4. Case: 18-60850 Document: 00515320316 Page: 2 Date Filed: 02/24/2020 No. 18-60850 20 years in prison. In 2017 he successfully moved to have his in absentia deportation proceeding reopened on grounds not relevant here. As found by the immigration judge (IJ) and the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), and not contested by Zarre-Mendoza, the only possible form of relief from deportation currently available to Zarre-Mendoza is deferral under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). The IJ denied CAT relief, and the BIA affirmed that denial, on the ground that Zarre-Mendoza failed to show the required likelihood of torture by, or with the acquiescence of, the government of Honduras. We review the BIA’s decision and consider the IJ’s decision to the extent it influenced the BIA. Martinez Manzanares v. Barr, 925 F.3d 222, 226 (5th Cir. 2019). The BIA’s legal determinations are reviewed de novo. Id. However, a finding that an alien has not demonstrated entitlement to CAT relief will be upheld unless the evidence compels a contrary conclusion. See id. at 228-29; Chen v. Gonzales, 470 F.3d 1131, 1134 (5th Cir. 2006). “To obtain relief under [the] CAT, an alien must demonstrate . . . that it is more likely than not that he will be tortured if he is removed to his home country.” Majd v. Gonzales, 446 F.3d 590, 595 (5th Cir. 2006). “Torture is an extreme form of cruel and inhuman treatment and does not include lesser forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.” § 208.18(a)(2); see Iruegas-Valdez, 846 F.3d 806, 812 (5th Cir. 2017). In addition, “the pain or suffering in question must be inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity.” Iruegas-Valdez, 846 F.3d at 812 (internal quotation marks and citation omitted). Zarre-Mendoza’s petition for review repeats his prior arguments before the IJ and BIA and ...
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